Ecclesiastes 7:24

רָחוֹק מַה ־ שֶּׁהָיָה וְעָמֹק ׀ עָמֹק מִי יִמְצָאֶֽנּוּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?

In Context

23כָּל ־ זֹה נִסִּיתִי בַֽחָכְמָה אָמַרְתִּי אֶחְכָּמָה וְהִיא רְחוֹקָה מִמֶּֽנִּי ׃

25סַבּוֹתִֽי אֲנִי וְלִבִּי לָדַעַת וְלָתוּר וּבַקֵּשׁ חָכְמָה וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן וְלָדַעַת רֶשַׁע כֶּסֶל וְהַסִּכְלוּת הוֹלֵלֽוֹת ׃

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Cross References

Job 11:7הַחֵקֶר אֱלוֹהַ תִּמְצָא אִם עַד ־ תַּכְלִית שַׁדַּי תִּמְצָֽא ׃

Job 28:23אֱלֹהִים הֵבִין דַּרְכָּהּ וְהוּא יָדַע אֶת ־ מְקוֹמָֽהּ ׃

Psalms 36:6יְהוָה בְּהַשָּׁמַיִם חַסְדֶּךָ אֱמֽוּנָתְךָ עַד ־ שְׁחָקִֽים ׃

Isaiah 55:8כִּי לֹא מַחְשְׁבוֹתַי מַחְשְׁבוֹתֵיכֶם וְלֹא דַרְכֵיכֶם דְּרָכָי נְאֻם יְהוָֽה ׃

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:24-29

The Evil of Sin. 23 All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. 24 That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out? 25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness: 26 And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by… Read the whole commentary →

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